GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Yardley Wood Platform: gwryw668a

An up rail motor train is seen departing the station just a few years after the line opened. The motor train comprises of two carriages both driver trailers with a GWR half-cab 0-4-2T in between. The driver would be sat in a driving compartment at the end of the coach and via a basic control system controlled the braking and acceleration of the train.

The fireman had to anticipate the needs of the driver to ensure that he had enough steam nor, equally as bad, too much steam. The sign seen on the left is requesting passengers not to cross the line via the barrow crossing seen at the bottom of the photograph.

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